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2007-11-27 China-Japan-Koreas

It's kimchi pickling time in the old DPRK

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Posted by Fred 2007-11-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 One of the "good" things about the DPRK is that due to total lack of outside influence, they've kept a "purer" Korean culture. Nobody in South Korea ferments their own kimchi anymore...

Posted by gromky 2007-11-27 01:34|| 2007-11-27 01:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Well hardly anyone in the West bakes their own bread or keeps their next bacon sandwich in the back yard.

Mmm! Bacon sandwich. Excuse me while I have Homer Simpson moment.

Posted by phil_b 2007-11-27 07:07|| 2007-11-27 07:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Nobody in South Korea ferments their own kimchi anymore...

Huh? Never lived with a Korean have you? They have a holiday celebrating the stuff in which the women folk get together and make the stuff - sort of like our Thanksgiving family meal ritual with everyone chipping in a dish or two. Ask some of the troops who brought mamma home and discovered around October that the honeydo list includes digging a hole in the backyard. heh. heh.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-11-27 07:39|| 2007-11-27 07:39|| Front Page Top

#4 At one time I petitioned the UN to declare Kimchi vapors a WMD.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-11-27 10:01|| 2007-11-27 10:01|| Front Page Top

#5 At one time I petitioned the UN to declare Kimchi vapors a WMD.

They're still working on the Lutfisk resolution.

Posted by xbalanke 2007-11-27 11:57|| 2007-11-27 11:57|| Front Page Top

#6 Kimchi so strong it can strip the paint off a battleship. Mmmmm...

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2007-11-27 13:16|| 2007-11-27 13:16|| Front Page Top

#7 I love kimchi, either the bottled stuff you can get in the stores here in the states, or the home-made stuff I occasionally get as a gift from some Korean friends (that's really the best though the flavors can vary from dull to, uh, interesting...).

The spicier it is, the more heat, the more "fizz" from the fermentation, the better it is.

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2007-11-27 13:27|| 2007-11-27 13:27|| Front Page Top

#8 Here on Guam, TMK my former sister-in-law [Korean] and her circle always made and fermented their own, although I don't think 1000% in the ancient Korean tradition or materials. ALL HOME-MADE ANDOR HAND-MADE - DELICIOUSLY SPICY PARIS HILTON-SAYS-ITS-SUPER DUPER-HOT-GOOD FOR THE GOUT AND YOUR FAV ULCER.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-11-27 18:58|| 2007-11-27 18:58|| Front Page Top

#9 Given a choice between Lutfisk and Kimchi.
Hands down everytime it is Kimchi!

Of course I love Kimchi... hmm.. I think there is a bottle in the fridge.... it would taste better than this licorice I am eating... bye.

Posted by 3dc 2007-11-27 19:08|| 2007-11-27 19:08|| Front Page Top

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